After the Oscars, what's next for silent stars of The Artist?

The Independent

If they are thing similar astir Oscar winners, the squad down The Artist volition person spent the archetypal time of the remainder of their lives conforming to the grandest, and astir lucrative, of Hollywood traditions.

Having woken up, pinched themselves, and made definite that -oui! - it truly was a golden statuette connected their bedside table, France's recently minted movie stars are apt to person devoted their waking hours to pondering 2 pressing questions: however to displacement that throbbing hangover, and which of the myriad vocation choices abruptly connected their skyline should they prosecute next?

Breaking the soundlessness

The archetypal volition not person been easy answered. Having sought refreshment astatine the Governor's Ball, the squad who won 5 of Sunday's Academy Awards - including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor - adjourned to a packed enactment hosted by their film's distributor, Harvey Weinstein, astatine the Mondrian Hotel successful Hollywood.

Then they swept done Vanity Fair's bash, earlier continuing to the Chateau Marmont hotel, wherever astatine astir 4 successful the morning, respective boisterous members of their entourage leapt into the swimming pool, afloat clothed.

The 2nd post-Oscar question requires adjacent much cautious consideration. Like immoderate winners of the biggest accolade successful amusement business, The Artist's starring antheral Jean Dujardin, manager Michel Hazanavicius, and shaper Thomas Langmann will, for the clip being, beryllium inundated with imaginable occupation offers. But, arsenic immoderate Hollywood cause volition archer you, an overabundance of prime doesn't ever marque for casual decisions.

Leverage the occurrence

On a purely pragmatic level, past suggests that each 3 can, if they truthful desire, leverage The Artist's occurrence into fiscal security. The movie has already made $76 cardinal worldwide and is present being widened into much than 2,000 cinemas successful the US, with a presumption to further capitalise connected its Best Picture status.

As good arsenic "back end" net from that cookware - which indispensable besides beryllium dipped into by the voracious Weinstein - they are entitled to usage their modish presumption to unafraid important paydays.